Binding arrow keys

[connorelsea]

I have a WASD V2. I program quite a bit and find myself being slowed down whenever I have to reach for the arrows keys and then re-position my hands after using the arrows keys to navigate code.

I've found quite a few programs that let you re-bind certain keys to fire programs or commands, but I couldn't find anything on rebinding keys to other keys, such as an arrow key. I am on Windows. How would I do this?

[user 18]

Take a look at autohotkey, see if it does what you're looking for.

[connorelsea]

Couldn't do CTRL because it interfered with other IDE commands, so I used CTRL + ALT, which is a little awkward on the hand, but oh well. Took me a while to get used to AHK's weird scripting language, but eventually I got it. Thanks for suggesting the program.

Here's the code if anyone else wants to use this.

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^!w::send {up}
^!s::send {down}
^!a::send {left}
^!d::send {right}


[Ngt]

Isn't a programmable 60% keyboard what you are looking for? You'll get the arrow right under your hand. It might be better for programming.